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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 11:13 PM
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which one is better? and do you waste more gasoline if you run straights????
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either option is going to be loud as *****
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It will sound rough unrefined and ragged. Trust me I had to have a straight piece of pipe put in my cammed 02 and it sucked...
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Did u waste more gas with a straight pipe?
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Go lm1, on a modded car they are both gonna be loud,even on a stock car it will be loud,I loved my lm1 when my car was stock ,but after mods like longtubes,cam,heads, it was crazy loud,I'm all about loud but the sound was garbage imho,I didn't use more gas with the lm1 as far as the straight pipe goes I put it in started it,then took it off,the good thing about the lm1 is that you can swap out the resonator,doesn't really help with it beeing loud but it will sure sound better,there is a thread going on with a sweet thunder in place ,sounds great but some claim of it killing hp,the best exhaust for our cars is a gmmg,I have heard everything and the gmmg kills them all,close 2nd was the tsp x pipe with sweet thunders,I'm really thinking of running the tsp,but I have a cme and do not wanna run under the axle,list the mods on your car so it will give us a lil more info to point you in a better direction,
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which one is better? and do you waste more gasoline if you run straights????
Both will sound like a bag of ***.
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 10:25 AM
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Well I just have a ls6 intake manifold..slp long tubes with cats..slp mass air flow sensor..slp lid..that's it
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 10:30 AM
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Both will sound like a bag of ***.
Exactly.

Save some money, and get you a good true dual setup.
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Either option will sound horrible, and will drive you insane after about 13 minutes in the vehicle.
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Do you have true duals? What kind of mufflers should I get?
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single chamber flowmaster i have 2 for sale
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^ good choice,get those and a tsp x pipe with out the mufflers,what are you looking for loud ? My lm1 drove me nuts,but if you are running a catted y with a really good merge such as the flowmaster merge or tsps,you could pull off the lm1,but I would go with the lm2,a really good exhaust that gets over looked a lot is the powerflo conversion for the lm1,lm2.tips look a lil funny if you have a camaro with out a cme,they look good on a ta,but 0 zero rasp,is not crazy loud and has a really nice tone,if you did go lm1,2 and started doing cam,heads at least that is an option,but if your looking for loud and a great tone,gmmg,or tsp duals
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 12:54 PM
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I have straights on my camaro and my 06 C6 corvette. I like it, and its a cheap setup that flows obviously the best lol
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yea i have a camaro..well im looking for something that is lou but not over the roof..you know? something that is not too raspy.i was thinking of getting the gmmg but i dont have the money to buy it right now.


but doesnt ur camaro and corvette waste a lot of gas??
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so im selling those single chamber mufflers if anyone is interested i would also trade + cash on your side for one muffler let me know
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^How much? I want to do moroso bullet after a y pipe dump but i guess i could do a fm single..
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You could always do a dumped magnaflow bullet off the y with a turn down that's cheap
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How loud can Lm1 be with LT's on an m6 car. Just drop into a higher gear. Why does everyone complain about it with stock internals?
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by blackwidowSS
yea i have a camaro..well im looking for something that is lou but not over the roof..you know? something that is not too raspy.i was thinking of getting the gmmg but i dont have the money to buy it right now.


but doesnt ur camaro and corvette waste a lot of gas??
waste gas? What are you talking about...mufflers or not it's not going to use more gas. i dyno'd the car with a flowmaster on it before i took off and went to straight pipes. After the straights and a tune i gained 27rwhp
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Mike its loud,but I didn't feel it was crazy,if you have a good merge ,and cats it helps it a lot,now add a cam to the lm1 and you have pro street loud
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